Sally Shafto

SallyShafto is the author of The Zanzibar Films and the Dandies of May 1968 (Paris Expérimental, 2007) and the translator and editor ofWritings (Sequence Press, 2016), a collection of work by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York.

In the aftermath of the political turmoil that swept through France in 1968, Sylvina Boissonnas used her wealth to sponsor some of the most radical films of the era, including works by Philippe Garrel and Jackie Raynal.